- In praise of … fossil footprints | Editorial
Polish discovery reveals that the ancestors of all birds were small, light and four-footedFossil footprints have a special place in scientific research. They are testimony to bygone life in action. New research today in a journal gnomically known as Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals that dinosaurs were alive and scuttling about the planet millions of years before the first evidence from fossilised bones. Sets of footprints beautifully preserved in the mountains of Poland confirm that pioneers of the lineage were already afoot in the Triassic around 250 million years ago, soon after the calamitous Permian extinction that wiped out 90% of life on Earth. Fossil footprints freakishly preserved in ancient mud provide concrete evidence of the size, gait and identity of their makers. These tracks, the largest no more than 40mm, were made by little creatures now called dinosauromorphs, ancestors of the birds. A set of ancient hominid footprints preserved 3.6 million years ago in volcanic ash in Laetoli, Tanzania, are so clear that palaeontologists have been able to argue that they might have been made by a couple, perhaps holding hands. The world changed for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe when a naked human footprint in the sand showed that he had company on his desert island. Every footprint tells a moving story, and the Polish discovery reveals that the ancestors of all birds were small, light and four-footed. Like some Hollywood disclaimer, the footprints also assure us of another comforting thing: no dinosauromorphs were injured in the making of this picture.DinosaursFossilsZoologyEvolutionPolandguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
ポーランドの発見は、すべての鳥の祖先は、光と小型四- footedFossil足跡は、科学研究の中で特別な場所を持っていたことが明らかになった
- Aeon to open new Jusco store in east Kowloon
Aeon Stores (Hong Kong), a general merchandise retailer, will officially open a Jusco store in east Kowloon on Saturday, 12 years after the previous Jusco store opened in Tuen Mun in 1998.
イオン店は、（香港）、一般的な商品の小売店、9月13日東九龍のジャスコの店を開き、12年後、以前のジャスコの店は屯門で1998年にオープンしました
- Aeon Stores, Giordano see profits surge on strong mainland sales
Stronger retail sales on the mainland and across Asia more than doubled profits at Aeon Stores and Giordano in the first half, and both see solid growth in China for the remainder of the year.
本土とアジアに強い小売売上高は以上の上半期にイオンストアとジョルダーノで利益を2倍、両方とも今年の残りの中国での堅調な成長をしてください
- Carrefour Weeds Out Bidders For Asia Stores - Report
HONG KONG (Reuters) - French retailer Carrefour SA has removed several potential buyers from the bidding for its stores in Southeast Asia, including Britain's Tesco PLC and Japan's Aeon Co., the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. 、香港（ロイター） - フランスのカルフールSAは、英国のテスコPLCと日本のイオン株式会社、ウォールストリートジャーナルなどの東南アジアでは、その店の入札から20日報じたところ、いくつかの潜在的な買い手を削除しています
- Carrefour chops rivals from Asian store auction
French retail giant Carrefour has removed rivals Tesco and Japan's Aeon out of the bidding for its Southeast Asian stores, according to a report yesterday.
フランスの小売大手カルフールは、レポート昨日によると、その東南アジア店の入札のライバルテスコ、日本のイオンのうち、削除されています
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